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Bukhara
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Bu·kha·ra  (b-kär, -är)
See Bukhoro.
Bukhara, Bokhara [bʊˈxɑːrə]
n
1. (Placename) a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop.: 220 000 (1998 est.)
2. (Placename) a former emirate of central Asia: a powerful kingdom and centre of Islam; became a territory of the Soviet Union (1920) and was divided between the former Uzbek, Tajik, and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics
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Its original twinning with Oxford in the late 1940s was the second one ever and is still flourishing, yet since the 1990s Bonn's major interest has shifted towards places such as Minsk, Ulann Bator, Ashgabad, Buchara, Petropolis and La Paz (Oxford has followed a similar route).
Germany and the town twinning movement by Weyreter, Martina / Contemporary Review
For Holmuradov, that meant getting ideas about technology and education programs that will allow him to provide a reliable water source to residents of Buchara City, a dry region that, like Southern California, relies on imported water from hundreds of miles away.
TAPPING AGENCY'S EXPERTISE : FOREIGN VISITORS TOUR WATER TREATMENT ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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